Seth's Speech

Yesterday Seth had an appointment through Cherry Creek Schools for a speech evaluation. I felt that he was not talking as much as Mikayla and that maybe I should have him checked out. I had Mikayla tested as well and she did not need services- but she was a year older than he is and maybe that had something to do with it. Seth understands perfectly and his Large and Fine motor skills are awesome. His problem it that he does not use words! He should be using at least 10 words regularly not including Mama and Dada. He does say Momma and Dada but not to call us- he knows who we are but if he wants me he doesn't say Mom-so I guess that is their biggest concern. So in a few weeks we will be starting Speech Therapy once a week. I am excited to see what happens. At first I was kind of sad because I was hoping he was fine and that I was just worrying about nothing. But then I thought about it and his chances of grasping language now is so much better than when he is in school. Plus I don't want him to get taken out of class to catch up on speech if I can do it now! I am glad now that it can be done this early. It was good to hear from them that I am doing everything right and he will be fine he just needs a little help!

So I know I will be posting different things he learns with his speech teacher!

And Mikayla has her 1 year later check up in April just to make sure she is still on track with her speech! I will let you know what comes from that too!

Weekend

We had a very busy weekend. It first started because Billy had Friday, Saturday and Sunday off! He has a new schedule and works 6 days on and 1 day off and then works 4 days and has 3 off. It is good and bad! So this weekend was 3 off and we had a lot to do.

Thursday night we went to our Friends Alex and Theresa's house. It was a lot of fun- we stayed until 11:30- it's sad to say but I can't remember the last time we stayed up with the kids that late! Then Friday we got to sleep in until 8:30 is was awesome! Then we had some errands to do- get taxes done, do some grocery shopping ect.. then we went to Ryan and Sierra's house for dinner. We had a really yummy Mexican lasagna! I am going to make it sometime! And again we stayed out late- not as late but we got home after 10! The Saturday came and we woke up and got dressed so we wouldn't freeze at the St. Patrick's Day Parade. We parked and walked down to the parade. It was so nice out- I was glad I dressed the kids in layers! When we got back to the car it said it was only 48 degrees out but it felt much warmer than that. We all took off our jackets and hats and enjoyed the wonderful parade. When they say it is the largest parade west the the Mississippi they are not kidding! We stayed for 1 1/2 hours and they were not even half way through:) We left because the kids were getting hungry and the drunks were starting to annoy me! They kept falling into us and pushing us it was not fun anymore so we decided to go home! We put the kids down for a nap and Billy went riding. He loves that Motorcycle- it is good for him:) I guess I would rather have him out for a few hours one day a week than a few days a week working out at the gym!!After the kids woke up I took them over to my Moms house. We were trying to make Disney t-shirts for Disney on ice. She has a cool machine that embroider embellishments on t-shirts and what not! It took way longer than we thought it would. So after that we went to dinner and yet again did not get home until after 10!!

Sunday was our favorite day this weekend. Billy went riding in the morning and then came home and we got ready to go to Disney on Ice. Mikayla asked if the princesses were going to be there and I told her no they were on vacation! We got there and of course they saw the cotton candy and snow cones! We told them they needed to eat Lunch first and then they could have snacks! Just like last year we spent more money on the stuff there than the tickets:) This years show was about the Incredables going to Disneyland! I thought it would be really good because we were just there and Mikayla might relate to it more- well of course they picked the rides that we did not go on like the Haunted Mansion and It's a small world (they were closed) and then one of the train rides that Seth wanted to go on so bad but we just never made it on, and some others that I don't remember. The only two that we did go on were Space Mountain and Mikayla was scared because she remembered it was dark! But at least that was when Buzz Lightyear came out and she thought that was really cool! And the other one was Pirates of the Caribbean. Again she did not like that ride in DL but she thought it was Ok during the show!! So I kept saying "I feel like we didn't even go to Disney just 5 weeks ago!!" But the best part was when they had the parade and Princess Cinderella and Snow white came out and Mikayla yelled " I knew the Princesses weren't on vacation" It was so cute:) We came home and had our usual crowd over for Nitro Circus night! This time we were at home and the kids got a bath and got to bed before 8pm:) Great weekend, I am just happy it doesn't happen that way every weekend!

Seth's 18 month check up!

Seth is 18 months old today! And we had his 18 month check up. I was a little nervous because he isn't meeting some of the things he should be. It is mostly verbal things, he is suppose to have 8 words by now and he has 4 and Momma and Dada don't count. He also should be putting two words together or at least trying to copy what we say, he is not doing that- I guess the other night Billy was chasing him and he said "I'm gonna get you" and Seth was running around "got you"

So back to the appointment, We saw a new lady and I hate seeing new people- I like the ones that I know and that treat me and my kids the "right" way. So she comes in and tells me right off the bat that "Seth is way under weight" I say I know I think I know why can I talk to you about it... she says Well get to that later. So she gives me a lecture on how Seth should be eating and what I need to do all before I can say that he has a reaction to Milk and dairy products. So I said "Ok I do all of that but he can't have dairy so isn't that maybe why he isn't getting all of his calories?" I t was just really annoying because she didn't want to listen to me- so while I am listening to her tell me what I don't need to know- Mikayla was trying to get my attention by tapping my shoulder and the NP said "Excuse me Little girl, we do not hit our Moms and if you keep hitting her I will put you in time out!" I was pissed- I should have said something to her- Mikayla was not hurting me and she just wanted to know what was going on. The Dr. we usually see always says hi to Mikayla and asks her some questions and makes her feel included, this other lady didn't even really make me feel included because she wouldn't let me talk. So I really didn't want to listen to anything else she had to say. So I will never see her again!!!

So Seth's stats are 20.15 pounds, (Lower than 3%) 32 inches tall (50%) And she was not worried about his speech. I still have an appointment with the Speech people later this month- I am hoping they will help me more with his diet than anything! They do it all and listen to me before telling me what to do:)

Thanks for listening to me complain about stupid people:)